St. Landry democrat., 1887-01-01

| and Heaven agrees in stating that this man
has sinnei against all these enactments.
Now, let the sword leap from it's scabbard.
Shall a man go through the very flames of
Sinai unsinged! Let the law be executed.
Let judgment be pronounced. Let him die.
I demand that he die"
O Christian, does it not look very dark
for thee1 Who will plead on thy side IN SO
forlorn a causea Sometimes man viii be
brought into court OF law and he viii
have no friends and no money and the
judge will look over the bar and say: rs
there any one who will volunteer to lake
this mans case and defend him?'' and Soma
young man rises up and says: II will be
his counsel" perhaps starting on from that
point to great and brilliant career. Now
in this matter of the soul, as you have
nothing to pay for counsel, do you think
that any one will volunteer! Yes, yes;
see one rising. He is a young man; only
thlrty-threc years of age. see his cOun-
tenance suffusei with tears and covered
with blood and all the galleries Of Heaven
are thrilled with the spectacle. Thanks be
unto Godl We have an advocate with
the Father Jesus Christ the righteous"
o, Christian soul, your case begins to
look better. ! think, perhaps, after all you
may not have to die The best advocate in
all the universe has taken your side. No
one was ever so qualified to defend d man a3
this Advocate is qualified to defend You.
He knows all the law, all its demands, all it's
penalties. He is always ready. No new
turn Of the case can surprise Him, and He
will plead for you for nothing as earnestly
as though you brought a world Of treasures
to His feet. Besides He has undertaken
the care of thousands who were as f0rlorn
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age, 0 Christian soul! l think that after
all there may be some chance for you,
for the great Advocate rises to make
His plea He says: Il admit
all that has been proved against
My client. 1 admit all these sins, aye
more; but look at that wounded hand OF
Nine and look at that other wounded
hand, and at My right foot and at Ny left
foot. But all these wounds | plead for his
clearance. Count all the drops of Ny
tears; count all the drops of My blood. By
the humiliation of Bethlehem, by the
sweat Of Gethscmane, by the sufGerngs of
the cross, | demand that he 90 free. On
this arm he hath leaned; to this heart he
hath flown; in My tears he hath washed;
on My righteousness he hath depended.
Let him go free; l am the ransom. Let
him escape the lash; | took the scourg-
ings. Let the cup pass from him; I drank
it to the dregs. Put on him the crown of
life, for | have worn the crown Of thOrns.
Over against Ny cross of shame set his
throne Of triumph"
Well, the counsel on both sides have
spoken, and there IS only one more thing
now remaining, and that is the awarding Of
the judgment. If you have ever been in
courtroom you know the silence, and the
when the verdict IS about to be
or the judgment about to be
given. About this soul on trial; shah it be
saved or shall it be Iost2 Attention. above,
around, beneath. All the universe cries,
''Hear Heart"
The Judge rises and gives this decision,
never to be changed, never to be revoked: !
''There is. therefore, now no condemnation
to them who are in Christ Jesus"
- The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for re. |
pose,
Twill not. will not. desert to his foes;
That soul, though all he'll should endeav1r to |
shake,
I'll never, no never, no never forsake."
But, my friends, there is coming a day OF |
trial in which not only the saint, but the |
sinner must appear. That day OF trial will |
come very suddenly. The farmer will be
1t the plow; the merchant will be in the
the woodman viii be ring
ng his axe on the hickorics; the weaver
will have his foot on the treadle: the manu-
,acturer will be walking amid the buzz Of
ooms and the clack of flying machinery:
he counsel may be standing at the bar
pleading the law; the minister may be in
he pulpit pleading the Gospel; the drunk
ard may be reeling amid his cups, and the
)laSphemer with the oath caught between
lis teeth.
Loi The sun hides. Night comes down
It mid-noon. A wave of darkness rolls
,ver the earth. The stars appear at noon
lay. The earth shudders and throbs
There an earthquake opens and a city sinks
IS crocodile would crunch child. Mount
inns roll in their sockets and send down
heir granite cliffs in an avalanche of rock.
Rivers pause in their chase for the sea,
md ocean, appearing, cries to flying Alps
md Himalayas. Beasts below and moan,
md snuff up the darkness. Clouds fly like
locks of swift eagles. Great thunders
'eat and boom and burst. Stars shoot and
all The Almighty, rising on His throne,
eclares that 41ne shall be no longer, and
he archaagel's trumpet repeats it till all
he living hear, and the continents of dead
pring to their feet, crying: Time shall
e no longer" On, on that day, Will you
re ready?
l have shown you how well the Christian
viii get off on his trial. VIII you get off
s we'll in your trial? VIII Christ plead on
our side, or will He plead against youa
N, what will you do in the last great as
ize, if your conscience is against you. and
he world is against you, and the angels OF
Ieaven are against you, and the Holy
pirit is against you, and the Lord God AL
lightly is against you? Better this day So
ure an advocate.
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